I ask at what time of day was it when it appeared to you that the bed was not made? What time was it in the morning when Bergami was coming out of the room? Was it when the Princess was preparing to go to court?

The Lord-Chancellor desired 'the shorthand-writer to read the former questions and answers, as to the witness seeing Bergami come out of the Princess's room. The questions were read.

The Earl of Lauderdale.-Wher. Bergami came out of the Princess's room, what did he say to the witness?-He said, "You scoundrel, what do you do here? Who has opened the door?"-I answered that I found it open. He then said, "Go away."

Lord Viscount Falmouth.-You have stated that Bergami looked over his accounts. Had you ever any quarrel with Bergami respecting those accounts?-Yes, I have had some disputes.

Did those disputes happen just before you left the service of the Princess, or at what time?I have had some disputes with Bergami before I left the service of the Princess, and with his brother,

When you left the service of the Princess, did she give you a good character?-No; because I did not ask for it.

Did you leave her service of your own account, or were you discharged? There was some quarrel, up or down; and they said, “You may go ;" and I went.

Earl Grosvenor.-At what time in the morning were the beds commonly made while you were at Turin-I did not go to made the beds. That is not an answer to my question.

The Interpreter.—I am aware of that, my lord; but I must give the answer which I receive from the witness.

The question repeated.-I cannot say, for there was a servant, the chasseur, who made the beds. It was only accidentally that I entered

the room.

Was it your duty as cook, to carry in the breakfast ?—There were the waiters of the inn to do that.

Was Mahomet one of those particularly employed in the service of the Princess?-Mahomet had the care of the horses; he was employed in the stable.

The Earl of Darlington.-Do you remember the King and Queen of Sardinia coming to visit the Princess at Turin ?—Yes.`

Did the Princess go out airing with the King and Queen ?—Yes. Did Bergami go in the same carriage?---The Princess went out with the King and Queen; Bergami followed; but the King had the arm of the Princess.

Did Bergami go out in the same carriage-This I cannot say. I know he also went out in a carriage, for there were three carriages; but I cannot tell in which.

Do you remember at what time the Princess went to court?→→→ When she went out for the airing, it was about 11 in the morning; when she went to dinner, it was one.

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The Earl of Morton.-You said, speaking of Bergami's bed, that it appeared, upon the occasion you referred to, to be made. Is it usual to make up the bed in a different form for the day and for the night?There must be a manner: I do not know; I know that in my house the bed is made in the morning.

Lord Auckland-At what our did you see the Princess go to court?-About half-past 9 or 10.

Re-examined by Mr. Brougham, through the medium of the LordChancellor. While you were in the service of the Princess were you not confined to your bed in consequence of a burt received in a scuffle? Yes.

Do you remember the Princess coming to your room to see if you were well treated ?—I do; and Bergami.

Lord Ellenborough.-At what hour did the Princess come to see you?-The hour I do not know. I know I was half asleep, and Bergami said, "Mind, it is the Princess come to see you."

Did the Princess come more than once?-Once,

By night or day ?-By day.

Were you in bed at the time of the Princess coming?-Yes.

The Earl of Carnarvon.-Did the Princess come alone?-Bergami came with her.

The witness withdrew.

Captain SAMUEL GEORGE PECHELL sworn, and examined by the Attorney-General.

You are an officer in his Majesty's navy?-I am.

You commanded the Clorinde in the year 1815?—I did.
Were you at Civita-Vecchia in March, 1815?-I was.

Did you there receive the Princess on board the Clorinde?—I did: Do you remember by whom she was accompanied upon that occasion? By Lady Charlotte Lindsay, Mr. North, Dr. Holland, Ma dame Falconet, and by various other servants,

Among those servants do you remember Bergami I do.

In what capacity did Bergami appear on board the Clorinde ?—As a menial servant.

Were you in the habit of dining with the Princess at the time she was on board the Clorinde?-I was. The Princess was entertained at my table.

Did Bergami wait at table?-Every day.

Did he wait as a menial servant, as any other servant?—He did. → Where did you convey the Princess at that time?To Genoa. Did you touch at Leghorn ?-We did.

Did any of the suite of the Princess quit the ship at Leghorn?Lady Charlotte Lindsay and Mr. North.

Was not there a boy named Austin on board? There was.

Did the Princess quit the ship at Genoa with her suite ?—She did. Do you remember how long the Princess was on board your vessel at that time?-Seven or eight days.

During the autumn of the same year were you again at Genoa?—I was, in August, 1815.

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Did the Princess in that month embark at Genca on board the Le viathan? Not until November.

Did you see the Princess between the time of her departure in March until you saw her in November at Genoa ?-No.

Did you see her at the time when she came to embark on the Leviathan?—I did, .

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Did you see her come down to the vessel in her carriage?I did." Who accompanied her in the carriage?—I remember the Countess of Oldi, Bergami, and an infant; but I do not remember any other persons.

Did you go in the Clorinde from Genoa to Sicily I did.

Had you directions to go to Sicily for the purpose of receiving the Princess there?—I had.

At what time did you arrive in Sicily?-On the 7th of December. Where in Sicily did you receive the Princess on board?-At Messina. Previous to your receiving the Princess for the second time on board the Clorinde, had any communication taken place between her Royal Highness and yourself? Yes.

What was the nature of that communication ?—I received a letter from Mr. Hownam, informing me that the Princess intended to embark from Genoa in the Clorinde.

That was before you left Genoa?—Yes.

You had another communication at Messina ?—Yes.

State the nature of it.-The morning after I arrived at Messina Captain Briggs informed me that the Princess expressed some uneasiness at the prospect of keeping her own table on board the Clorinde. I therefore desired Captain Briggs to say to the Princess, in my name, that I was ready to do every thing in my power to make her comfortable while she was on board the Clorinde, provided she would be pleased to make a sacrifice, which my duty as an officer compelled me to exact, by not insisting upon the admission of Bergami to my table; for that, although now admitted to the society of her Royal Highness, he had been a menial servant when she had last embarked on board the Clorinde. In the afternoon of the same day I saw Captain Briggs, who said that he had had a conference with the Princess, as I had desired, and that, from the tenour of his conversation with her, he be lieved there would be no difficulty in my request being acceded to, but that her Royal Highness required a day to consider the subject. The Leviathan sailed on the following day, and on the morning after I visited the Princess, with a view to know her determination. The Princess declined seeing me herself, but desired Mr. Hownam to inform me that my request would not be acceded to; and, in consequence, her Royal Highness provided her own table.

How soon after that did the Princess embark on board the Clorinde at Messina?-On the 6th of January following.

How long was that after the communication of which you have spoken?-About a month.

Who accompanied the Princess on this second time of her coming on board? The Countess of Oldi, Bergami, Master Austin, a Count, whose name I understood to be Schiavini, and various servants.

Was there a little child?—There was; I understood it to be Bergami's child.

Where did the Princess dine while she was on board ?-In her own cabin.

Do you know who dined with her?-I do not.
She did not dine at your table?-She did not.

How long did she remain on board the Clorinde? Three or four days. Mr. Brougham declined asking the witness any question. The Earl of Oxford.-I beg to ask Captain Pechell one question. If he had seen at any one's house, a lad waiting at table; and that lad had afterwards been made a midshipman, and, by his merit, risen to the rank of Captain, would Captain Pechell then refuse to sit down to dinner with him.

The Lord Chancellor.-I think that the witness may be asked what his conduct had been upon the occasion in

question; but not what his conduct would be in another case.

The witness withdrew.

Captain THOMAS BRIGGS Sworn, and examined by the Attorney-General.

You are a captain in his Majesty's navy?—I am.

Did you in the year 1815 command the ship Leviathan ?—I did. Were you in Genoa in the course of that year?—I was; in November.

I believe your vessel was ordered to Genoa, to convey the Princess and her suite to Sicily?-Yes.

Did the Princess and her suite embark on board the Leviathan, at Genoa? Yes.

Can you tell by whom her Highness was accompanied?-By her suite. Of whom did that suite consist ?-Bergami, Mr. Hownam, I think Schiavini, and two or three other foreigners. The names of the servants I do not know. There was also the Countess of Oldi and two servant maids.

Do you remember the Princess coming down to embark?—Yes. Who came in the carriage with her?-The Countess Oldi, Bergami, a child, and, I think, another person.

Did the Princess dine at your table ?-Always.

Did Bergami dine with her?-Always.

What disposition had you made of the cabins on board your vessel for the accommodation of the Princess before she came on board ?—I had made such an arrangement as I thought would accommodate all parties.

With respect to the sleeping-rooms, where did you design the cabin of the Princess?-The after-part of the Leviathan was divided into two cabins, which I intended for the Princess; one as a sleeping-room, the other as a drawing-room. Before that, there were two other small cabins in a line with each other, which I intended for the Countess Oldi and the two maid-servants; and I meant to put the men any where; some in the ward-room, some in my own cabin, as I might find most convenient, reserving a part of the cabin for myself.

Was that disposition altered when the Princess came on board →Yes. A plan was here presented to the witness.

Mr. Brougham did not object to the plan being placed in the hands of Captain Briggs, but would object to it if offered to any other witness.

Captain Briggs declared that the plan was unnecessary. Were the cabins meant by you for the Countess Oldi and the female servants immediately adjoining that of the Princess 2-They were.

In what manner was the arrangement altered?—An alteration took place in the door of the cabin which I meant for the Countess Oldi, and Bergami was put into it,

What alteration took place in the door? The two small cabins, which were to have contained the Countess Oldi and the maid-servants, had communications with each other. When the Princess came on board, she said that she desired Bergami's cabin to be changed to that which had intended for the Countess Oldias Originally, to have gone into that cabin, you must have passed through the room intended for the maid-servants; but when this alteration took place, the door

of communication between those two rooms was nailed up, and a door was opened from Bergami's room, which came out close to the room Occupied by the Princess.

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So that, after the alteration, the door into the room appropriated to Bergami was near to the door of the cabin of the Princess?It was. Have you ever seen the Princess walking with Bergami?-I have. In what way?-Arm in arm. That, I think, was at Messina. I did not think it at all uncommon. (Here the witness dropped his voice.) Not uncommon, considering the terms they were upon, did you say? I said not uncommon, because it happened occasionally.

Do you remember waiting on the Princess at Messina, in consequence of the request of Captain Pechell-On the wish of Captain Pechell I waited on her Royal Highness when she was about embarking on board the Clorinde. I asked her Royal Highness's permission to speak to her on the subject of Bergami's dining at the Captain's table. I had been told that Bergami had filled the situation of a servant. Her Royal Highness said, He has sat at the same table with me, and I cannot conceive what objection can be made to it now." I observed that Bergami had never been a servant on board my shipif he had, it would have been impossible to admit him to my table.

Did you communicate what passed between yourself and her Royal Highness to Captain Pechell?I did.

Then you left Messina?—I did; I left it on the 11th of December, three or four days afterwards.

Cross-examined by Mr. Denman.-In the course of the conversa❤ tion with Captain Pechell respecting her Royal Highness, did you not perceive that there had been some dispute between them on a former occasion? I had seen Captain Pechell before I waited on her Royal Highness. He came to me, as senior officer, and told me what line of conduct he meant to adopt.

Did you not know some difference existed between her Royal Highness and Captain Pechell about the stowing of some luggage? On her Royal Highness's part I did. She said she had not been treated by Captain Pechell with the same degree of accommodation that I had afforded her.

Did it fall to your knowledge to know where the Countess of Oldi slept on board the Leviathan?-It did.

Was it in a room adjoining that of her Royal Highness ?—Yes.
Was there a door opening from the one to the other?—Yes.
Did the two apartments open into the dining-room?—Yes.
By two doors?—Yes.

I believe the cabin you provided for the maids was occupied by them? Yes.

And it opened also to the dining-room?—Yes; but there was a small cabin between them.

Re-examined by the Attorney-General. Was not this a ship of the line? Yes.

Much larger than the Clorinde, and capable of affording much more accommodation?—Yes.

Lord Ellenborough. Was the sleeping-room of Captain Briggs closed at night, or did he hang in a cot I slept in a room that was closed at night.

Could persons pass by that room without observation ?—I think it possible, but very improbable. Any one attempting to do so must run great risk. It might, perhaps, be done when I was asleep, but I don't think it likely that any person could pass without my know knowledge.